Rotary hoe or chopper



Dec. 7 1926.

H. R. RUSSELL ROTARY HOE 0R CHOPPER Filed Nov. 5, 1925 2 SheetsSheet 1 gwuentot Lease/l Dec. 7 ,1926.

H. R. RUSSELL ROTARY HOE OR CHOPPER Filed Nov. 5.

. :oopooo 1925 I 2 sheets-"sheet '2 cularii'n'crossnsection and is slidably and raaaea ma 192a "HO ER R. RUssEL'LQoE iaaownsvrmn, T XAS.

Ego ram; not on oiioi rnalf 'Appl icationfiled November lQZa'iQjSei iaI No, 67,043.

This invention relatesito a rotary hoe;

lo of the description following taken" in con nection with -accompany ng 'drawmgs illus- I grating a perative embodiment.- In said draw1ngs; is

Figure l is a viewin elevationshowing the device as attached to a'horse-drawn cultivator; V V. C I

Figure 2 is an elevation of the, device alone on an enlarged scale; I i 1 Figure 3 is an elevation at aright angle to Figure 2; p t

Figure 4: is a plan view 5 t Figure 5 is an inverted plan View; .a

.Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view I taken on the line 6 '6 of Figure 2, and v 25 Figure 7 is a detail crosssectional view f taken.on'the line 77 of Figure 2.- I I II n'carrying out the in'ventiointhe same is shown as attached t'oafhorse drawncul-r I tivatoras conventionally shown at A'but it V 'tached to the former. I Plate 10 h'asa bearl,

ing at 11 in which a cou'nt'ersha'ft is vertically disposed and j'ournaled. Such shaft 4 has a pulley 13 keyed thereto'and located above the plate 10. A beltl le-mza-y be trained over the pulley'13 and driven in any suitable manner by one of the wheels or V moving'pa rts of the cultivator Aa At the same time, the drivemember l3'isfto be taken asconventionalisineeit may not'only be the pulley illustrated but on the: other ,ha'nd may be a gear wheehsprochet wheel "or other-wiser '12 by a conventional universal joint as at 1?" and is longitudinally hollow {as at '18, The hollow is square orotherwise non-cir-v is to be'understo-od that the device may be a Th ce embodi s a 1 01., st s 4 5 I and whichmay be made in two sections 16 r and 17 The formeris connected withshaft e else p' 'c l y fi t d y a square ro o ex.- tension19 of the sectl0n"17 The-lower end of section 17' has-areduced screw threaded shank 20 onto which a chopper, knife or similar tool 21] is reinovably -screwed, such knife being preferably slightly dipped on theeutting side so that the same may more effectively cut into the soil. Withfleach implement,-preferably a'plurality of knives are adapted for selective use, diliering .in

size.

Section 17 is guided a handle 22 having a bearing25 through which said section 17 loosely passes. Handle 22 1S incapable of longitudinal I movement independently; of section 17 by reason of stop collars 23 thereon. Extending from sleeve 23 is a lug 2a 1 to which a contractile coil spring is fastened at one end and the other end of which 2(30'1'1- theattachingplate at 10.

cured to handle'22' to enable adjustment-of his 'detachably connected to a depending lug I I For convenience-of operation of the han-i dle'22, by the operatorseated on the seat 2T, a'handle 28 'is provided thati has its gupper end L-shaped as shown at 29, while its other end is bifurcated and formed, with two 'semi-cy-lindrical portion's fiO and ex-li tended ears 3l to receiV-ea clamping bolt 32. -AVUshaped-member 83 isalso provided see the cutting mechanism by the operators foot. 1

use,with motion imparted tothe'vvheel 13, countershaft12 is rotated which in turn" rotates jshaft'section l6yand shaft section 17', I thus rotatingtheknife 21v and causing the I same to' c ut thegrass. andiweedsoutof a row-at the same timethemachine 1O culti vatesjor performgs its usual function; The .5 device is priniai-ilyadapted for chopping cotton or hoeing any row crop: The tool 21 is kept applied ro its work the opi erator who engages'the handle22, thus being") i free to swing the staffl5ffrom1the universal joint 17 and also to lengthen or shortenthe staff by reason of the telescopic engagement A-otaryi-hoe or chopper 1 at portion l9 andjsocket l8. Thestalfgrnayf" thus be movedin practically.any'direction 7 I I I jco nprlising a plate,"a COuntershaft[jou-rnaled in the plate" II Z and adapted forconnection to a sonrce of" I power-5 a telescopic staff carrying" a ftool,f isai d staff having universal, joint i connection with said shafegaguidelhandle rovoluhly 7 staff, and a contractile spring connecting saidhandle and the plate and tending to shorten said staff. 7 r a r 2; An implement of the class described comprising an attaching plate, a countershaft journaled thereon, a stall. flexibly iconnected to said shaft'and carrying a tool, said stall being in telescopic relatively non rotatable sections, a handle having a bearing on 10 the movable stafif section, means to prevent In testimony whcreof Iaffix my signature.

I fflonnn RUSSELL. 

